Ash-receiver.



J. S. WISE, JR.

ASH RECEIVER.

APPLICATION man MAY 28, 1915.

1,228,508. Patented June 5, 1917.

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WITIIE88E8 I a INVENTOR 24 A v y W 7 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN S. WISE, JR., OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

. ASH-RECEIVER.

Application filed May 28, 1915.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. VVIsE, Jr., a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ash-Receivers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in ash receivers, the same being particularly adapted as a household convenience to be used in connection with any form of a finger-bowl cup or plate that is usually found j as part of the furnishings of a house.

I am aware that ash receivers of this general description are known in the art, but I have observed certain defects incident to their construction and operation, and it is the purpose of my present invention to overcome same-the nature of which will be disclosed as I describe my invention. It is also my purpose to provide an article simple of construction, efficient in operation, and which can be produced at a moderate cost.

I have illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation partly broken away to show the interior of the bowl employed. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of Fig. 1 with the bowl removed. Fig. 4 isa vertical section taken on the line 1--it of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken on the line 55 of Fig. 2.

The device consists of what I term a frame indicated as .1, this frame comprising a continuous wall having a top 2 and a bottom 3. In the form shown, I have indicated the frame as cylindrical, but it may be rectangular or of any other suitable form. 'I provide this frame 1 with an external flange as l, said flange having a central aperture as 4 I also provide the flange 4 with cigar rests 5. 6 1s a grating comprising a woven v member of any desired mesh secured within the frame 1. The flange 4 and grating 6 are mounted in parallel planes perpendicular to the wall of the frame 1. In the preferred form of construction, I mount the flange at one end ofthe wall as 3 and the grating at the other end of the wall as 2, but in Fig. 5, I have illustrated a second form of construction, wherein the grating there indicated as 10 is mounted equi-distant between the ends of the wall forming the frame 1. 7 is a flange provided with the cigar rests 8 which Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 5, 1917.

Serial No. 30,873.

is mounted on that end of the frame or wall member indicated as 2. 9 is a bowl of any convenient form adapted to be spanned by the flange at so as to inclose the entire opening thereof.

In the operation of the device, the flange 4 is placed over a bowl as 9. The cigar finds a seat in one of the cigar rests as 8, the same being also supported by the grating 6. The ashes broken from the cigar fall through the grating 6 and frame 1 into the bowl 9. In Fig. 5, I have shown the device as inverted, so that the body of the frame is first introduced into the bowland the underside of the flange & rests on the edge of the bowl. It will be obvious that the device is capable of use in either of these ways. It will also be obvious that the grating may be mounted at any point within the frame 1, and the flange 1, in like manner, may emanate from the frame 1 intermediate the points 2 and 3, or from any point between 2 and 3, but I prefer to construct the same as indicated.

I form the flange 4 as a fiat solid member so that it will cover and inclose the intermediate space between the edge of the wall, and the edge of the bowl, so that ashes dropped into the bowl may not be blown out where the device is exposed to a current of air as when it is used out of doors, this having been found to be an objection to devices of this nature as previously constructed.

What I claim is 1. An attachment of the character described embodying a tubular shell provided at one end with laterally projecting members adapted to support cigars or cigarettes when said shell is in upstanding position, and an extensive peripheral flange at theother end of said shell, whereby said flange is adapted to rest on the upper edge of bowls or vessels of various sizes for the purpose of supporting the attachment in cooperative relation to the bowl or vessel with which it is associated, said attachment being mountable upon said vessel in such manner that the shell may be in upstanding relation to the bowl or vessel or the attachment inverted so that the shell depends into the vessel, in which latter instance the cigar or cigarette supporting projections serve to centralize the shell within the vessel.

2. An attachment of the character described embodying a tubular shell provided at one end with laterallyprojecting members adapted to support cigars or cigarettes when said shell is in upstanding position, and an extensive peripheral flange at the other end of said shell, whereby said flange is adapted to rest on the upper edge of bowls or vessels of various sizes for the purpose of support ing the attachment in cooperative relation to the bowl or vessel with which it is associated, said attachment being mountable upon said vessel in such manner that the shell may be in upstanding relation to the bowl or vessel or the attachment inverted so that the shell depends into the vessel, in which latter in stance the cigar or cigarette supporting projections serve to centralize the shell within the vessel, in combination with a perforate partition extending across the interior of the shell to preclude the cigars or cigarettes from falling into the bowl or vessel.

3. An attachment of thecharacter de-, scribed embodying a tubular shell provided at one end with laterally projecting members adapted to support cigars or cigarettes when said shell is in upstanding position, and an extensive peripheral flange at the other end of said shell, whereby said flange is adapted to rest on the upper edge of bowls or vessels of various sizes for the purpose of supporting the attachment in cooperative relation to the bowl or vessel with which it is associated, said attachment being mountable upon said vessel in such manner that the shell may be in upstanding relation to the bowl or vessel or the attachment inverted so that the shell depends into the vessel, in

which latter instance the cigar or cigarette supporting projections serve to centralize the shell within the vessel, in combination with a perforate partition extending across the interior of the shell to preclude the cigars or cigarettes from falling into the bowl or vessel, and cigar retaining means associated with the peripheral flange for supporting a cigar or cigarette thereonwhen the attachment is in inverted position. 1

4. An attachment of the character described embodying a tubular shell provided at one end with an extensive peripheral flange, whereby said flange is adapted to rest upon the upper edge of bowls or vessels of various sizes for the purpose of supporting the attachment in such position that the shell projects downwardly into the vessel with which the attachment is associated and lateral projections at the lower end of the shell for centralizing said shell within the vessel, in combination with means associated with the peripheral flange for supporting a cigar or cigarette thereon, and a. perforate partition extending across the interior of the shell for precluding such cigar or cigarette from falling into the-vessel.

5. In an attachment of the character described, the combination of a tubular shell, provided at one end with means, extending beyond the edge of the shell, for supporting a cigar or cigarette and having at its other end a broad peripheral flange adapted to rest on the upper edge of bowls or vessels of widely varying diameters for the purpose of supporting the attachment in cooperative relation to the bowl or vessel with which it is associated.

6. In an attachment of the character described, the combination of an upstanding tubular shell provided at its top edge with means for supporting a cigar or cigarette, a-

wire mesh extending across the interior of said shell, and an extensive peripheral flange at the lower edge of the shell whereby said flange is adapted to rest upon the upper edge of bowls or vessels of various sizes for the purpose of supporting the attachment in cooperative relation to the bowl or vessel with which it is associated;

7. In an attachment of the character described, the combination of a tubular shell, a perforate partition extending across the interior of said shell, a broad peripheral flange at one end of said shell adapted to rest upon the upper edge of bowls or vessels of widely varying diameters for the purpose of supporting the attachment in cooperative relation to the bowl or vessel with which it is associated, and means for supporting a cigar or cigarette upon said attachment in such manner that the lighted end of the cigar or cigarette may protrude over the interior of the tubular member and occupy a position above the perforated partition thereof.

Signed by me at New York city, N. Y., this 25th day of May, 1915.

JNO. S. WISE, JR.

Witnesses:

ANNA F. DAVIDSON, MARGARET VooEL. 

